c The Micmac emblem. Two Indians, both with paddles, in a canoe built with high middle parts familiarly called “humpback,” following a deer.
d The Penobscot emblem. Two Indians in a canoe, one with a paddle and the other with a pole, following an otter.
In Margry (a) is an account, written about 1722, of the “Principal divisions of the Sioux and their distinctive marks,” thus translated:
There are from twenty to twenty-six villages of Scioux and they comprise the nations of the prairies:
(1) The Ouatabatonha, or Scioux des Rivières, living on the St. Croix river or Lake de la Folle-Avoine which is below, and 15 leagues from the Serpent river. Their distinctive sign is a bear wounded in the neck.
(2) The Menesouhatoba, or Scioux des Lacs, having for their mark a bear wounded in the neck.
(3) The Matatoba, or Scioux des Prairies, having for their mark a fox with an arrow in its mouth.
(4) The Hictoba, or Scioux de la Chasse, having for their symbol the elk.
(5) The Titoba, or Scioux des Prairies, whose emblem is the deer. It bears a bow on its horns.
We have as yet had no commerce save with five nations. The Titoba live 80 leagues west of Sault Saint-Antoine.